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Summary: I. French language version of a newsreel item on the funeral of Lord Rhondda at Llanwern in Wales, July 1918.
II. French language version of a newsreel item on George Robey raising money for the Red Cross in Liverpool, July 1918.
III. French language version of a newsreel item on King George V investing Lance-Corporal Harold Mugford with the VC at Buckingham Palace, July 1918.
IV. French language version of a newsreel item on a visit by a French Zouave band to London, July 1918.

Description: The horse-drawn hearse leads a crowd of mourners, mostly civilian. The coffin is taken into the church grounds for burial.
Robey, wearing the uniform of an Army lieutenant, acts as auctioneer for a shipment of US cotton, the proceeds going to Red Cross work in France.
The ceremony takes place in the rear courtyard of the palace. Mugford, of the Machine Gun Corps, is in civilian clothes and in a wheelchair, having had both legs broken while winning his VC. He is shown in close-up.
The Zouaves, led by a British Army band, march through the streets. The Zouave band plays outside Buckingham Palace and mounts guard. They continue their march through the streets as the crowd watches.

Notes: Production: see IWM 651a for production details. This issue ends with the logo of a Swiss distribution company. It is obviously impossible to be sure which of the French language versions of the newsreel were intended for Switzerland and which for France (if there was any difference between the two)
Summary: note that another two items from the French language version of this issue form IWM 674a
Technical: this fragment is currently held on the same reel as IWM 666a, the can is marked as IWM 666